A Washington, D.C. family was given the wrong ashes by a funeral home, prompting a confrontation with the owner and an ongoing investigation by the District of Columbia.
A Washington, D.C. family is reeling after a funeral home mistakenly gave them the ashes of a different baby. Yvette Davis says her son, Micari, was stillborn in July and cremated in August. She claims that on August 14th, Dunn and Son's Funeral Home gave her an empty bag with no cremation certificate or seal. The next day, she was handed a different bag containing ashes, a seal, and a cremation certificate.
Davis says the family then visited Chambers Funeral Home & Crematorium in Riverdale, Maryland, where Micari was cremated. She says her son's father spoke with the crematory staff, who revealed they had been asked by Dunn and Son's to change the date on Micari's cremation certificate from August 1st to August 15th. According to Davis, the crematory staff told them they had just cremated a baby named 'Makari' that morning. This revelation shocked the Davis family, as they had already received Micari's ashes the previous night. Davis asserts that the funeral home eventually admitted to their error, explaining they had mistakenly given the Davis family the ashes of a baby girl named Makari, whose first name is spelled differently than their son's. 7News attempted to get answers from Dunn and Son's Funeral Home but was met with hostility by the owner, Tresa Dunn. When confronted with the accusations, Dunn refused to answer questions and told the 7News team to leave. In response to the incident, Brianna Dunn, the funeral home's director, filed a simple assault complaint against a 7News reporter, Taylor Jackson, with the D.C. Police Department. However, the investigation has stalled as the victim, Brianna Dunn, has not been contactable.Despite the confrontation, Dunn admitted to the Attorney General's Office that the Davis family was given the wrong ashes due to the similar names. The funeral home offered a refund for the cremation cost of $1,125 and apologized for the mistake. Dunn and Sons Funeral Home also proposed to handle the exchange of the ashes, but the Davis family insisted on meeting the parents of the baby girl whose ashes were mistakenly delivered. Yvette Davis stated that she has yet to hear from the baby girl's parents. The District of Columbia's investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
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